[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 91 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D626-D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments for the 113th Congress:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies: Senators Pryor (Chair), Harkin, 
Feinstein, Johnson (SD), Tester, Udall (NM), Merkley, Blunt, Cochran, 
McConnell, Collins, Moran, and Hoeven.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: 
Senators Mikulski (Chair), Leahy, Feinstein, Reed, Pryor, Landrieu, 
Shaheen, Merkley, Coons, Shelby, McConnell, Alexander, Collins, 
Murkowski, Graham, Kirk, and Boozman.
Subcommittee on Department of Defense: Senators Durbin (Chair), Leahy, 
Harkin, Feinstein, Mikulski, Murray, Johnson (SD), Reed, Landrieu, 
Pryor, Cochran, McConnell, Shelby, Alexander, Collins, Murkowski, 
Graham, Coats, and Blunt.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Feinstein 
(Chair), Murray, Johnson (SD), Landrieu, Harkin, Tester, Durbin, Udall 
(NM), Shaheen, Alexander, Cochran, McConnell, Shelby, Collins, 
Murkowski, Graham, and Hoeven.
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government: Senators 
Udall (NM) (Chair), Durbin, Coons, Johanns, and Moran.
Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security: Senators Landrieu 
(Chair), Leahy, Murray, Tester, Begich, Coons, Coats, Cochran, Shelby, 
Murkowski, and Moran.
Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies: Senators Reed (Chair), Feinstein, Leahy, Johnson (SD), 
Tester, Udall (NM), Merkley, Begich, Murkowski, Cochran, Alexander, 
Blunt, Hoeven, and Johanns.

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Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies: Senators Harkin (Chair), Murray, 
Landrieu, Durbin, Reed, Pryor, Mikulski, Tester, Shaheen, Merkley, 
Moran, Cochran, Shelby, Alexander, Graham, Kirk, Johanns, and Boozman.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Shaheen (Chair), Begich, 
Coons, Hoeven, and Boozman.
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies: Senators Johnson (SD) (Chair), Murray, Reed, Pryor, Tester, 
Udall (NM), Begich, Merkley, Kirk, McConnell, Collins, Murkowski, 
Coats, Hoeven, and Johanns.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: 
Senators Leahy (Chair), Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Landrieu, Shaheen, 
Begich, Coons, Graham, McConnell, Kirk, Coats, Blunt, Johanns, and 
Boozman.
Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Murray (Chair), Mikulski, Durbin, Leahy, 
Harkin, Feinstein, Johnson (SD), Pryor, Reed, Udall (NM), Collins, 
Shelby, Alexander, Graham, Kirk, Coats, Blunt, Moran, and Boozman.
  Senators Mikulski and Shelby are ex officio members of each 
subcommittee of which they are not regular members.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
Richard J. Engler, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board, and Allison M. Macfarlane, of Maryland, 
to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
DRUG ABUSE IN MEDICARE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine curbing drug abuse in Medicare, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Department of Justice; Jonathan Blum, Acting Principal 
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector 
General for Investigations, and Stuart Wright, Deputy Inspector General 
for Evaluation and Inspections, both of the Office of Inspector 
General, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Alanna 
Lavelle, WellPoint, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Howard A. Shelanski, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, and Daniel M. 
Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of 
General Services.